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South Korea's Unification Ministry unveiled a blueprint for improving inter-Korean relations Wednesday that includes dropping the term "main enemy" in reference to North Korea. [...]
A Russian airborne assault targeting civilian commerce and infrastructure in Ukraine's Kyiv region in the killed at least 15 people and injured 48. [...]
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warned Wednesday that Pyongyang could adopt "additional military options" against Japan. [...]
Federal authorities have filed a firearms charge against a 38-year-old man who was arrested near Trump National Golf Club on Sunday. [...]
Michigan, Virginia, Missouri, Kansas and Washington held primary races on Tuesday. [...]
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center complete installation of a commemorative plaque on the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as photographed on Tuesday, [...]
Relatively low tidal waters expose sandflats and mudflats in the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau in this image acquired on November 28, 2025, with the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat [...]
NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its [...]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system. [...]
This illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars' atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA's MAVEN mission. [...]
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, [...]
Author Archives: Kip
Cleaning a Plasma TV
Yet more tips on plasma HDTVs. Most plasma sets have a very thin anti-glare coating on top of their protective glass. You don’t want to scratch this coating or dissolve it. So, right off the bat — Windex and paper … Continue reading
Component Cables and HDTV
I’m here to quickly dispel a myth — that you have to use a digital cable of some sort to hook up HDTV. It’s complete and utter crap. If you have a good component cable (you’ll need three video jacks, … Continue reading
Bouncing Babies
Ahh, I have good news to relate. A friend of mine, an old friend and fellow Berkeley alum, whom I shall refer to only by her initials, L.S., is due to deliver a baby girl this Tuesday (although she herself … Continue reading
A quick tip for plasma TV owners
If you ever run your plasma HDTV in 4:3 mode, you should be very aware of this. Most plasmas will display 4:3 mode with two light bars to the left and right of the picture. This can cause burn-in, just … Continue reading
Oh, how the mighty eBayers have fallen…
If you want to see what the Playstation 3s on eBay are selling for, check this link: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=playstation+3&category0= Indeed. The mighty eBayers who waited in line in the rain, got beaten up by PS3-hungry thugs, who peed against alley walls … Continue reading
I can offer no excuse for the Patriots
Perhaps Maroney being hurt affected the team super-adversely. But 78 total yard passing by Brady? What a terrible game. Miami deserved the win. I hate to say it, but they deserved it, they even deserved the shut-out that they pitched. … Continue reading
Tips for installing an HDTV with a Comcast Motorola Box
Figured I might just add some few helpful tips here about hooking up an HDTV with a Comcast HD-ready box. First of all, you need the Comcast HD-ready box, as I mentioned. It’s a silver Motorola (not the black ones, … Continue reading
Plasma — oh *yes*!
The 42-inch flat-panel plasma arrived today. It’s a Panasonic, and, my God, it is beautiful HD on it is crisper than I thought it would have been, the contrast is great, the colors are vivid — FINALLY, I have one … Continue reading
Wherefore the hell art thou, Plasma TV?
So, here I am, having ordered a 42-inch plasma HDTV from Circuit City…and the idiots can’t seem to figure out when to deliver it. First they said it was coming Friday, now they tell me I have to get a … Continue reading
Burn, USC, BURN, BURN IN HELL!
Muhahahahahah! Hahah! HAH! USC bites it in a contest with UCLA. Oh, thank you God. If it couldn’t be Cal, at least another UC-system school… May your throwing arm break in two, Booty.
